Providing support to patients in emotional encounters: A new perspective on missed empathic opportunities

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-442

  Hsu, Ian ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b,c   Korthuis, Phillip Todd ^b   Sharp, Victoria ^d   Cohn, Jonathon ^e   Moore, Richard D ^a   Beach, Mary Catherine ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Empathy; Patient physician communication; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CUES; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864539397     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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